Comment on Rationality Quotes Thread July 2015

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:33:25 GMT

The two major examples that come to mind are Bell Labs (run by AT&T) and IBM (in the 1950s - 80s era).

Assuming you are referring to IBM's mainframe business, they did not really have a monopoly; they were just a dominant player. Competitors at that time included Amdahl, Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell, General Electric and RCA. Amdahl even offered products that were compatible with IBM's mainframe offerings and could run software developed on/for IBM.

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